The inhuman presence was not looking to stay attached to the doll, the Warren’s told the women, it was instead looking to possess a human host.In the end, Judy is able to seal Annabelle away by locking her back in her case, and this marks her most recent attack in the Conjuring films.
After speaking to the roommates, Ed and Lorraine came to the conclusion that the doll was not possessed but instead, was being manipulated by an inhuman presence using the doll to create the illusion of it being alive. Ed and Lorraine Warren were already well known for their paranormal investigation into the notorious Amityville case. On his chest were seven distinct claw marks, three vertically and four horizontally, all were hot like burns.įinally willing to believe that the spirit was not that of a young girl, Donna contacted a priest named Father Cooke who immediately contacted the Warrens. Then in flash he found himself grabbing for his chest, doubled over and bleeding. Spinning around he was surprised to find that nobody else was there. He began to search the room for anything out of place, but as he got close to the doll he got the distinct impression that somebody was behind him. He discovered the room was empty except for the doll which looked like it had been hurriedly tossed into the corner. Hearing rustling noises from Donna’s room, Lou quietly made his way to the bedroom door, waiting for the strange noises to stop before entering and turning on the light.
The next terrifying encounter he experienced occurred when he and Angie were alone in the flat preparing for a road trip the next day. He awoke the next morning, certain it wasn’t a dream.
Paralysed and gasping for breath and at the point of asphyxiation, he blacked out. Within seconds the doll was strangling him. It began to slowly glide up his leg, moved over his chest and then stopped. Looking down at his feet he saw the doll, Annabelle. Waking from a deep sleep, Lou found to his horror that he was completely paralysed. “Annabelle” Doll at the Warren’s Occult MuseumĪ mutual friend of the roommates, Lou had never been fond of the doll and had warned Donna to get rid of it. They were to soon find out, however, that Annabelle was not all she seemed to be. Feeling compassion for Annabelle and her story Donna gave her permission to inhabit the doll and stay with them. Annabelle explained she was a young girl who had lived near to where apartment complex now stood.Īnnabelle told the women that she felt comfort and safe with them and wanted to stay with them and be loved. Through the medium, Donna and Angie were contacted by a spirit named Annabelle Higgins who told them her story. Knowing that they must do something about the sinister doll, the roommates contacted a medium who conducted a seance. The hand writing looked to belong to a small child. The doll not only moved but could write too. About a month into their experiences Donna and Angie began to find penciled messages on parchment paper that read “help us”. Several times Donna, placing the doll on the couch before leaving for work, would return home to find the doll back in her room on the bed with the door closed. At first, both women noted that the doll had started to creep them out, but then they began to notice that the doll had begun to change its position and then to move to different rooms from where it had been left.ĭonna and her roommate Angie would find the doll sitting crossed legged on the couch with its arms folded, other times it was found upright, standing on its feet and leaning against a chair in the dining room. Taking the doll back to her small apartment which she shared with her roommate she placed the doll on her bed and thought no more about it. In 1970, Donna a student nurse received an antique Raggedy Ann doll from her mother as a birthday present. Lorraine Warren With The “Annabelle” Doll